How do you feel when you hear these words? They are Paul’s words to the Corinthians in today’s second reading (1 Cor 1,2). They are God’s word to us. Yes, in Baptism we were made holy in Christ Jesus. Paul’s words tell what God has done for us.

What does it mean to be holy? Remember, we are speaking about what God has done for us! In Baptism, God has given us his life, eternal life, now. God dwells in us (John 14,23). It is a reality so profound that we cannot grasp it. It is easy to overlook it, to forget it – and we lose so much.

Perhaps that is why Paul tells us that we are called to be holy. We must become that. We must become the Christ who dwells in us. We must live and think and speak and behave as Christ. It is something we must become, and it takes effort and hard work – and that is conversion. Christ who dwells in us and has given us his Holy Spirit will help us. Only ask him.